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he leads the league in bb/9. don't have to go much further than that. he's got a mediocre fastball but so do a lot of guys. His slider and change are plus. But he can't just completely not throw his fastball for strikes. I have no idea if any of his struggles are between his ears but more strikes will bring him more success.

this is brilliant.

Minasian has been particularly bad at building a bullpen the last 3+ years. 26th in WAR and 24th in WPA during that time. Some of this has to do with the utter wasteland of arms that have come from the farm the last few years and why you'd draft all pitchers. But even still, he hasn't really gotten much from that so far. Eppler was quite good at frankensteining the crap out the pen every year. I haven't figured out what it is, but there is a bit of secret sauce to this as Cashman is pretty amazing at it. pick pretty much any 4 or 5 year span and the yanks are near the top. Eppler was dealt a similar if not worse hand with better outcomes. Regardless, this is a pretty significant loss imo.

what if he tries hard without smiling or caring? or smiles without trying? or cares so much it make him mad?

I'm waiting for the jail time or lack thereof for Ippei.

then say that.

you really have become quite the troll

Adell has zero track record for success and needs to perform his way into the lineup. I am sure that is by design.

he's not wrong. he's operating the team for a profit and doing a spectacular job of that. Unfortunately, that doesn't marry with winning baseball. Years of doing things the same way clearly indicates he has no intention of doing things differently.

time to let the gypsies in to the party. hide your wallet .

all I know is that I enjoy watching them

four. seven. three.

If they're going to make Sandoval use his fastball more, he's gonna struggle. They've got to stop making him something he's not. He's never going to be at his best if they are trying to make him more efficient. Let him nibble. Let him focus on his secondary pitches. His fastball just isn't very good. Do you want him averaging 5.1 innings per start with an era of 3.5 or 6 innings per start with and era of 4.5? He's a good pitcher that's never going to be a great pitcher. Let him be good and stop trying to make him great.

AW in mid season form.

It's supposed to rain here all weekend.